Driving Nails Lyrics

Verse 1

Well that steel was cold and hard, when they slapped

them on my wrist

17 headed straight to jail, drunk on half a fifth

Daddy drove down to the jailhouse, said I ain’t gonna

bail you out

Between these steel bars and mamma’s broken heart,

here’s something you can think about



Chorus:

He said a many a man by his own two hands bring a

hurting on himself

Got too much pride to lift his eyes up to heaven for a

little help

Now everybody needs forgiveness, cause even a good man

fails

The Good Lord’s building mansions, the devil’s just

driving nails



Verse

I went to my best friend’s funeral, he left a wife and

two young kids

I guess his reasons for dying got bigger than his

reason to live

That preacher’s voice faded in the rain and tears that

day

Until all I heard were my daddy’s words as we gathered

round to pray



Chorus:

He said a many a man by his own two hands bring a

hurting on himself

Got too much pride to lift his eyes up to heaven for a

little help

Now everybody needs forgiveness, cause even a good man

fails

The Good Lord’s building mansions, the devil’s just

driving nails



Verse

Back roads Sunday morning, I was hit with Amazing Grace

I heard a story ‘bout a carpenter and tear rolled down

my face

I saw that cross and God’s only son with his hands

nailed to the wood

And I thought of the years that brought me here and I

finally understood



Chorus:

He said a many a man by his own two hands bring a

hurting on himself

The greatest gift that a man can give is dying for

someone else

Now everybody needs forgiveness, cause even a good man

fails

The Good Lord’s building mansions, the devil’s just

driving nails

The Good Lord’s building mansions, the devil’s just

driving nails